Paolo first explored the outdoor world on the Adamello glacier when he was a boy, but his profession as a photographer then took him away from the environment that made him fall in love with the mountains. When he returned to what he calls his second home, he was moved by the sight of the glacier. He couldn’t imagine that he was looking at the same formation, and he couldn’t believe that the change had reached such extreme levels.
 
It was during a climb in the summer of 2022 that Paolo recognized the urgency of describing the retreat of the Lares glacier through a raw, direct sensory experience. 
 
In recent months, together with his friend and colleague Stefano, he created “The Song of the Ice,” a project that aims to tell the story of the melting of the Lares by means of a documentary, through time-lapses, many video and audio recordings; dissemination, through public meetings and photographic exhibitions; and a sensory encounter, through a traveling installation that allows people to immerse themselves in the experience of the melting of the glacier.
 
Through the “Help the Mountains program, we decided to support “The Song of the Ice” to increase awareness of the topic and preserve the memory of a glacier that in a few decades we will no longer be able to explore.